Step By Step Montessori Schools

My super shy daughter started here when she was 20 months old. It was an emergency placement as her grandma (who was watching her at the time) had a badly broken leg and was unable to take care of her. The center was conscientious of her needs and let her acclimate in her own way. Drop off was always difficult but she would end up clinging to one of her teachers for 5 – 10 minutes and they would now only allow it but would incorporate her with whatever play they were doing with the children nearby. This only lasted a few weeks and things got better fast. When grandma’s leg healed, we decided to keep her in the center because she was doing so well by then! We loved how she was not in front of a t.v. The teachers are all engaged with the kids at all times. There is no «group huddle» with the teachers in the playground like you see at other facilities. They really take their jobs seriously and they really LOVE those kids and it shows.
Montessori is a great program on its own but what sets Step by Step apart is their teachers are taught in one of the two methods (international or american) which makes them unable to be accredited but gives the children a better balanced experience.
I never see babies crying unattended as with other facilities. I have seen only once a child crying without being tended to and it was only because the teacher was finishing up changing a diaper of another child.
My daughter just turned 5 and I have seen all the same staff all this time. VERY low turnaround. The support staff cycles around because they are highshcoolers and college kids but the teachers/​facilitators are the same ones that have been there since she started. Oh, and everyone knows her. Even teachers from other schools. They are great.
My daughter is now reading chapter books, is secure in who she is, is a social butterfly, knows who she is (for her age, anyhow), is not shy at all anymore, and is very happy… this as she’s been through a divorce in her family. I credit the staff at Montessori for this. They have a very stable way of running their classrooms while allowing for personal freedom of choice in how the kids are going to learn their topics of choice. It’s amazing to see them at work.
I wish I had this school growing up!

Nice school. The staff stays in good communication with the parents. The school has a great playground with lots of space. Not the typical cramped preschool play ground. The teachers I have dealt with really want to help the children.